diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index 2408646e3900f..1827101d0a721 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ private HoodieWriteConfig createMetadataWriteConfig(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfi
 
     // Create the write config for the metadata table by borrowing options from the main write config.
     HoodieWriteConfig.Builder builder = HoodieWriteConfig.newBuilder()
+        .withEngineType(writeConfig.getEngineType())
         .withTimelineLayoutVersion(TimelineLayoutVersion.CURR_VERSION)
         .withConsistencyGuardConfig(ConsistencyGuardConfig.newBuilder()
             .withConsistencyCheckEnabled(writeConfig.getConsistencyGuardConfig().isConsistencyCheckEnabled())